Europe

The end of the grain harvest sees villages, parishes and entire regions celebrate with festivals featuring ever-more elaborate straw creations, an increasingly involving tradition

A case regarding the alleged illegal logging of forests in Mojkovac has been opened; the Prosecutor's Office investigation includes Rajković, Peković, Rakočević and Božović following a larger number of reports from citizens

Swedish House Mafia, a world-famous electronic dance supergroup, had its Friday concert at Ullevi cancelled due to thunderstorms; they re-scheduled a free concert to be held in Gothenburg were 40.000 people at Götaplatsen could assist for free

Slovakia is resuming its primary aluminium production after 3 years: Slovalco is gradually restarting Žiar nad Hronom smelter; the first furnaces are being heated and 100 out of 226 will be operating by February for an annual production of 75.000 tonnes

Requests from Serb judges to return to their posts has been rejected by Kosovo Judicial Council; they had joined 2022 mass boycott of Kosovo institutions

Gasoline production fell to about 70% of domestic consumption levels by the end of August after a series of drone attacks forced major refineries to suspend operations, according to two industry sources

Thunderstorms brought hail as big as apples in Cremona, inundating the historical Teatro Ponchielli, and hit the vineyards in Oltrepò, while fifth summer heat surge made southern regions register temperatures over 44C on islands, ten degrees above average

Decree No. 275 “On the development of farm tourism” was signed by President Lukashenko, with regulations governing farm tourism services; preferential lending by Belagroprombank for an unlimited period is provided as state support for the sector

HRH King Harald V has died at the age of 89; in his 35 years on the throne, he steered the Norwegian monarchy through social change and periods of national crisis

Increased flights from various European cities will be scheduled to Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast in summer 2027, a boost to turism resulting mainly from the choice of Bourgas to host the Eurovision Song Contest

Dublin-based criminal defence solicitors have unanimously agreed to continue their withdrawal of services next month, in advance of the resumption of court activity; the more than 100 lawyers represent all but two firms and protest new fee structure

Bosnian Serb war criminal Ratko Mladić died in a UN prison at 84; on the run for 16 years after the Bosnian war, he was jailed for life in 2017 for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity during the wars in the former Yugoslavia in 1992-95